Submission of formal essays
turnitin.com
http://www.turnitin.com/
A fine resource for the many aspects of writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/composition.htm
Like Poetry? Try this website...fantastic source of poetry
vitamins...just
like 1-a Day's.
www.bordersmedia.com/odp/
An excellent source for understanding methods of political
cartoons
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/political_cartoon/
Check this site once a week. Keep current. Read one news story,
one
feature, one editorial.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/
This is an animated site with brief lessons on many aspects of
English. The
username is "lincolnwayeast" and the password is
"district210"
Try it!
http://www.brainpop.com/
Here is a link with information about thesis statements, courtesy
of North
Carolina University
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html
Creating citations
http://www.palomar.edu/dsps/actc/mla/
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/presidential-debate/704121/
Read about nuances detailing aspects of writing in college. Many
of them are taught in English classes at East!
http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/high_school_v_college.htm
Looking for some humorous satire? Try The Onion!
http://www.theonion.com/content/index
another source for literary criticism
http://www.scholar.google.com/
This links to the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Look
and surf "American Memory" for distinctive features about our
country's history: books, images, photographs, criticisms,
andmuch more!
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Here is a link to an organization we willa ssist at Thanksgiving!
http://www.frankforttownship.com/FoodPantry.html
Lots of good material to peruse for additional training for
skills pertinent to our course and our use of language. Try it!
http://www.icue.com/portal/site/iCue/chapter/?vgnextchannel=2a4a2ef11ac65110VgnVCM100000a7c3d240RCRD&chapterchannel=768aefc5287eb110VgnVCM10000075c1d240RCRD
Class,
What an opportunity...thanks to Megan Leo for sending this to
me. Go on this site and read how you can help world hunger.
This site asks questions about English grammar and vocabulary; in
addition, there are questions for foreign language, geography,
math, and sciences. For every question answered correctly
on the site, ten grains of rice are donated to hungry
populations. Check it out - notice where the United States is in
world rankings!!
http://www.freerice.com/